Schedule H : List of Prescription Drugs

Schedule H includes drugs that shall be sold by retailer on prescription of the registered medical practitioners.

If product contains a substance specified in Schedule H be labelled with the symbol Rx and conspicuously displayed on the left top corner of the label and be also labelled with the following words:

‘Schedule H drug –

Warning: To be sold by retail on the prescription of a Registered Medical Practitioner only’

If product contains a substance specified in Schedule H and comes within the purview of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985) be labelled with the symbol NRx which shall be in red and conspicuously displayed on the left top corner of the label, and be also labelled with the following words:

‘Schedule H drug –

Warning: To be sold by retail on the prescription of a Registered Medical Practitioner only’

1 Preparations exempted under proviso to para 2 of Note to Schedule X shall also be covered by this Schedule.

2 The salts, esters, derivatives and preparations containing the above substances excluding those intended for topical or external use (except ophthalmic and ear / nose preparations con – taining antibiotics and/ or steroids) are also covered by this Schedule.

3 The inclusion of a substance in this Schedule does not imply or convey that the substance is exempted from the provisions of Rule 122A/122B.”